Gate.



No. 870,371. PATENTED Nov. 5, 1907. M. W. LEGG.

GATE. I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17. 1907.

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MARION W. LEGG, OF TRENTON, MISSOURI.

GATE

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application tiled .Tune 17, 1907. Serial No. 379.467.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION W. LEGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Grundy and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gates and its object is to provide a simple, durable, and eicient device of this character which can be constructed at slight cost and which can be readily adjusted to different distances from the ground and is also capable of adjustment to compensate for sagging and to permit the gate to swing over snow drifts and the like or to allow small live stock to pass beneath the gate.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure lis an elevation ofthe gate, the same being shown by dotted lines in one of the positions to which it may be adjusted. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the gate. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the slidable member of the adjusting device.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, l designates a gate post having preferably three or more eyes 2 extending therefrom and designed to receive a pivot rod 3 which extends through eyes 4 projecting from one of the end bars 5 of the gate. This end bar is connected to a similar front bar 6 by means of a rail 7 having straps 8 fastened to the ends thereof and lapping opposite faces of the bars-5 and 6 and pivoted to them. Each of the bars 5 and 6 is provided at desired intervals with eyes 9 and the corresponding eyes of the two bars are connected by parallel members l0 which may be in the form of wires, ropes, chains, or wooden or metal bars. In the drawings the same have been shown formed of wire the end portions of which are looped and twisted so as to pivotally engage the eyes. Brace members 1I preferably in the form of heavy wires or ropes are secured to opposite faces of the bar 5 near the upper end thereof and extend downward and are fastened to the bottom face of the rail 7 adjacent the front end thereof. These brace members have a slide l2 mounted upon them and bearing upon the bottom face of the rail 7, the slide being preferably formed of a heavy metal rod folded upon itself at the center to form a handle 13 while the end portions thereof are extended laterally and hooked as shown at 14 to slidably engage the members l1. A U-shaped latch may be pivotally connected to the bar 6 as shown at l5, said latch being designed to embrace a latch post 16 so as to hold the gate in closed position, the downward movement of the latch being limitedby a suitable pin 17.

It will be seen that a gate such as described can be constructed at very slight cost, and should the same sag or should it be desired to raise the latch end of the gate above the hinge end thereof it is merely necessary to pull said end upward a desired distance and to move the slide l2 along the members ll and the bottom face of the rail 7 until the brace members become taut whereupon the gate will be supported as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l. Should it be desired to raise the entire gate the pivot rod 3 can be removed and the upper eye 4 of the bar 5 placed upon the upper eye 2 on the post l, whereupon the rod 3 can be re-inserted through the eyes and the gate will be properly supported. Not only is the gate cheap to manufacture but the same is very light, durable and eflcient and will be found particularly desirable in view of its ease of adjustment.

lVhat is claimed is:

l. The combination with a gate post; of a gate hingedly connected thereto and comprising end bars, a rail interposed between the middle portions of the bars, means secured to the rail and lappingand pivotally connected to the bars for holding the rail and bars together, flexible means interposed between and pivotally connected to the bars for maintaining the bars parallel, a diagonally disposed bracing device secured at one end to the upper portion of one of the bars and at its other end to the opposite end portion of the rail, a slide movable along the lower face ot' the rail, means integral therewith for engaging the bracing device, and a handle'depending from the slide.

2. A gate comprising parallel end bars, a rail interposed between and pivotally connected to the middle portions of the bars, means interposed b etween and pivotally connected to the bars for maintaining` the bars parallel, ilexible bracing means disposed diagonally upon opposite faces of the gato, said means being secured at one end to the upper portion of one of the bars and at the other end to the opposite portion of the rail. a slide movable upon the bottoni face of the rail, oppositely extending hooks integral with the slide and movably engaging the flexible bracing device, and a handle depending from the slide.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixcd my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARION W. LEGG.

Witnesses Ransom V. YOUNG, MAUDE CRAWFORD. 

